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Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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The Colby Waugh Crew
Find A Grave Memorial# 111205352
Killed in Action (KIA), hit by flak, trying to get back to base their B-24 'Alfred' #42-7485, lost 3 engines but got them restarted, lost fuel and realized they might have to ditch in North Sea. Did make it back to land and crashed near Sheringham,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Alfred
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 31 December 1917 | |
Died |
Pretty Corner, Upper Sheringham, Norfolk | 4 January 1944 | |
Buried |
San Antonio, TX, USA | Mission Burial Park South San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA |
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Sources
Find A Grave Memorial# 49062256
http://www.usaafdata.com
http://www.b24.net/missions/MM010444.htm
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/UpperSheringham.html
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: Not Forgotten Henry Wilk, 8th AF Losses, MACR 16033